The veteran racer from North Carolina was fast right out of the trailer, qualifying in sixth. In the first half of the race he proved the car was going to be a contender.

"We had a very good car under long green-flag runs," Rumley said. "We worked our way up to second before pit stops."

A minor miscue in the pits, however, dropped Rumley back a number of positions and he spent the second half of the race fighting to regain what had been lost.

"But there were so many caution flags during the last 100 laps," Rumley said, "it really hurt us."

He finished strong, however, and brought his mount home in fourth. The run was good enough to propel him to eighth in Pro Cup's Northern Division standings. And with the next Northern Division stop being Indianapolis Raceway Park, Rumley expects to improve his position even more.